Research Centers
Research activity by professors in the Department of Landscape Architecture
and Urban Planning is conducted through research centers, labs, and institutes
affiliated with the College and the University. The college wide certificate
programs are offered through the centers to any graduate students in the university.
Center for Health Systems and Design
Center for Housing and Urban Development
Caudill Rowlett and Scott (CRS) Center
Center for Heritage Conservation
Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center
Visualization Laboratory
Texas Transportation Institute
Center for Health Systems and Design
The Center for Health Systems and Design is an interdisciplinary program that
focuses on health facility planning and design. The research interests of faculty
fellows range from the effects of stress on patients' health and well being,
to the design of healing environments for neonatal patients, children, the
elderly, people who live in the Texas colonias and AIDS patients. The primary
activities of the Center include: a professional associates program, curriculum
development, health lecture series and support of health-related research and
design projects...[more]
Center for Housing and Urban Development
The Center for Housing and Urban Development (CHUD) in the College of Architecture
at Texas A&M University has historically focused on the management of
the CHUD Colonias Program, which was created in 1991 to meet some of the
pressing needs of the residents of the Colonias along the Texas/Mexico Rio
Grande border, in accord with a mandate from the Texas Legislature, which
provided funding for this purpose...[more]
Caudill Rowlett and Scott Center (CRS Center)
The mission of the CRS Center is to create useful knowledge in leadership
and management that applies to both individual projects as well as firms and
organizations in the design, construction and facility management industry...[more]
Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center
The center engages in research on hazard mitigation, disaster preparedness,
response, and recovery. The staff of the HRRC is interdisciplinary in nature
and includes the expertise of architects, engineers, geographers, psychologists,
and sociologists. The HRRC is dedicated to providing access to hazards information
for homeowners, professionals, business investors, and the academic community...[more]
Center for Heritage Conservation (Formerly Known as Historic
Resources Imaging
Laboratory)
The two-fold mission of the Center of Heritage Conservation is to: Develop,
maintain and administer a cross-disciplinary Certificate in Historic Preservation
based on strong discipline-based academic programs that prepare
graduates to enter the preservation field. Instill a basic awareness of historic
preservation and historic resource management issues for undergraduate and
graduate audiences through cooperation
with other disciplines across the campus...[more]
Visualization Laboratory
The Visualization Laboratory supports the research activities of the Visualization
Sciences graduate program as well as other related research activities of the
college. Activities of the laboratory are centered around the digital computer
as a tool for visual communication. Areas of research include 3D modeling,
animation, image synthesis, visual effects, visual communication, digital photography
and videography, and visualization software. The laboratory houses numerous
SGI and NT visual workstations, sophisticated visual software, video production
facilities, and specialized devices for data capture, interaction, and image
input and output...[more]
Texas Transportation Institute
Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) is the largest university-affiliated
transportation research agency in the United States. Created in 1950 in response
to the
needs of the Texas Highway Department, TTI has since broadened its focus
to address all modes of transportation—highway, air, water, rail and
pipeline. TTI is a state agency and a member of The Texas A&M University
System. TTI's program of practical, applied research helps hundreds of sponsors
address a range of transportation challenges. For example, through decades
of research
in just the highway area—planning, design, construction, maintenance,
safety and operations—virtually every mile of roadway in Texas has been
positively impacted by some aspect of the TTI program. Through research, development
and technology transfer, TTI is helping to meet the transportation needs of
tomorrow...[more]
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